Men’s fashion brand Brioni (owned, as of this year, by luxury conglomerate PPR) officially welcomed Creative Director Brendan Mullane at a dinner held at the MAXXI Museum in Rome on 3 December 2012. Guests included journalists who had the opportunity to meet Mullane and to have a preview of the Autumn/Winter 2013 collection that will be unveiled in January during Milan Fashion Week. 
Appointed as of 9 July 2012, Mullane (who hails from the UK and is a graduate of the BA Fashion course from Kingston University) was previously Senior Head Menswear Designer at Givenchy, where he was responsible for research, design and development of menswear collections. Prior to this, he held various positions in menswear design at Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Alexander McQueen.